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eBay Ventures invests in U.S. marketplace for new and used sporting goods
SidelineSwap, a U.S. online marketplace for new and used sporting goods, today announced a strategic investment from eBay Ventures, the corporate venture arm of eBay Inc. Founded in 2015, SidelineSwap enables the resale of sporting goods through both its peer-to-peer online marketplace and its trade-in partnerships with retailers and brands. ...
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Zalando announces new basic fee and marketplace commission increase
According to information from various media for online retailers, Zalando will soon be introducing a new fee schedule. Previously, the Zalando platform only charged commissions for successful sales. As of July 1, Zalando is implementing a basic fee of €480 per year for its marketplace. The basic fee applies both ...
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Red soles and a red light for Amazon in European Court of Justice proceedings
A new ECJ judgment has made it easier for brands to protect their IP rights on e-commerce platforms. Experts are calling it a “landmark” case
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Amazon Marketplace reports significant growth in Germany
According to Amazon, small and medium-sized retailers in Germany sold around 750 million products via Amazon Marketplace in 2021. With a population of around 83 million people, that would amount to almost ten products per person. In 2020, the figure was still around 100 million products lower. According to Amazon’s ...
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E-Commerce: Secondhand marketplaces on the rise
Cross-border marketplaces are developing fast, and the C2C trend is one of the drivers.
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Cross-border commerce publishes first online retail ranking
Providing an overview of the European fashion retail market in 2021, Cross-Border Commerce Europe has published a ranking of fashion retail online.
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Frasers Group buys stake in fashion marketplace MySale
Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct, has acquired a 28.7 percent stake in MySale, an off-price fashion marketplace headquartered in Sydney and listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. In a filing with the LSE, Frasers explained that the ...
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StockX to lay off 8% of its workforce
According to several media reports, the sneaker marketplace StockX announced this week that it will lay off 8 percent of its workforce. The Detroit-based company employs more than 1,500 people, so the number of layoffs is likely to be 120 or more. StockX cited “macroeconomic challenges currently impacting our global ...
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With higher sales and visits, Zalando pushes its marketplace
Zalando’s momentum keeps going, and the e-tailer is looking at new ways to grow after posting strong results for the fourth quarter of the year. One of the highlights was a jump in the number of site visits, which progressed by 31.9 percent to 960.7 million.